So Many Ways to Begin

Further praise for So Many Ways to Begin (#ud9fcc8d5-48ff-5778-a5f3-614909957aa3)

Dedication (#u32ba4385-1963-5940-8a8d-097f8cde42ab)

Part One (#u087cadc5-e550-5295-bfcf-81f4b70ec3fe)

1 b/w photograph, Albert Carter, defaced, c.1943 (#u32b3f283-e369-5e54-a855-aaffc23d55d7)

2 Handwritten list of household items, c.1947 (#u5d4aa166-d3b2-5a9d-a160-6fcd7bfed22c)

3 Local Map, Whitechapel district, London, annotated, c.1950 (#u9ee63ded-1525-55a0-acc8-bff0bbb3f3b2)

4 Tobacco tin, cigarettes, Christmas card, 1914 (#udadbe132-66d9-5098-9c3b-698ef9f7f20d)

5 Shoebox of assorted domestic goods, bullets, shrapnel, 1953–1960 (#ub944feec-1a1e-5ed6-ac7f-55fced59dcc9)

6 Postcard from Greenwich Maritime Museum, c.1953 (#u2691d750-21c3-55c4-a872-8a3e5eaba9a7)

7 Opening programme, Coventry Municipal Art Gallery and Museum, 1961 (#u27319f13-b147-5599-a240-bce106097fe7)

8 Two telegrams, November 1939 and April 1940 (#u12e3944f-e09e-5172-8e5d-fd86bb53b3ca)

9 Contract, wage slip, duty sheet, from Coventry Museum, 1964 (#u0c4d7b64-e35e-593b-bcaa-301b0fc6a0ef)

10 Letters, handwritten, 1966–68; Paper Napkin, 1966 (#u5103b4c0-b05b-54ca-b042-18d45a3dfa13)

11 Cigarette holder, tortoiseshell, believed 1940s (#u5bbab96d-c967-55e7-8b31-03733709d874)

12 Picture postcard, Union Street, Aberdeen, c.1966 (#u10e8ced9-7e9a-5cd6-baac-e7953377197c)

13 Pocket appointment diaries (incomplete set), dated 1935–1959 (#u0be49e49-a5c8-5f0f-a313-3f511aec42f9)

14 Pair of letters, handwritten, February 1967 (#ud0d8fe87-fb2e-5383-bac2-a0af2a0fa361)

15 Picture postcard, John Lewis shipyard, Aberdeen c.1967 (#litres_trial_promo)

16 Birth Certificate, 17 March 1945 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two (#litres_trial_promo)

17 Pair of cinema tickets, annotated ‘19th May 1967’ (#litres_trial_promo)

18 Disciplinary letter, typewritten on headed paper, January 1968 (#litres_trial_promo)

19 Identity badge, Junior Curatorial Assistant, Coventry Museum, W/Photo, 1967 (#litres_trial_promo)

20 Examination results, Scottish Highers, July 1967 (#litres_trial_promo)

21 Train ticket, Aberdeen–Coventry (Single), 15 September 1968 (#litres_trial_promo)

22 Book of Co-op dividend stamps, 1968 (#litres_trial_promo)

23 Handwritten list of coventry addresses, August 1968 (#litres_trial_promo)

24 Doorkey on a knotted loop of string; Wedding certificate, October 1968 (#litres_trial_promo)

25 Lacework placemats (wedding gift), 1968 (#litres_trial_promo)

26 Geologist’s rock-hammer, in original case (wedding gift, unused), c.1969 (#litres_trial_promo)

27 Model fishing boat, handmade c.1905 (#litres_trial_promo)

28 Page torn from Aberdeen Press & Journal, crumpled, August 1968 (#litres_trial_promo)

29 Set of clothes pegs, traditional style, w/hand-drawn faces, c.1920s–1950s (#litres_trial_promo)

30 Girl’s hairbrush, wooden-handled, c.1940s (#litres_trial_promo)

31 Nurse’s fob watch, engraved RCN, 1941 (#litres_trial_promo)

32 University prospectuses; 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (#litres_trial_promo)

33 Pill bottles, prescriptions; dated variously 1973–1987 (#litres_trial_promo)

34 Small vase, handmade by unknown Warwickshire potter, 1974 (#litres_trial_promo)

35 Tobacco tin; used for storing buttons, beads, safety pins, c.1960s (#litres_trial_promo)

36 Catalogue from museum exhibition, ‘Refugees, Migrants, New Arrivals’, 1975 (#litres_trial_promo)

37 Framed photograph (w/broken glass), David and Eleanor, c.1975 (#litres_trial_promo)

38 Wine cork, dated (handwriting) August 1975 (#litres_trial_promo)

39 Hospital admissions card, 1945 (Discovered 1976) (#litres_trial_promo)

40 Scrapbook w/postcards, tickets, maps, etc., 1979 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three (#litres_trial_promo)

41 Cut fragments of surgical thread, in small transparent case, dated July 1983 (#litres_trial_promo)

42 Pocket address book, w/page torn out, c.1982 (#litres_trial_promo)

43 Small fragment of metal, unidentified, 1983 (#litres_trial_promo)

44 Pair of child’s gloves, striped, c.1983 (#litres_trial_promo)

45 Job application form, Head Curator, c.1984 (#litres_trial_promo)